A former commanding general and chief of engineers of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lt. Gen. Hatch is a senior adviser at Dawson & Associates, a consulting firm in Washington, D.C. He can be reached at HHatch@dawsonassociates.com.
Related Links: FIDIC Report Focuses on Obstacles to Sustainability Viewpoint: Engineers Must Draw a Line on Sustainability The concept of sustainable engineering has been around for more than 25 years. During my term, from 1988 to 1992, as chief of engineers and commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, I focused on this concept as integral to the Corps' post-Cold War role. Back then and continuing today, this (to me) unassailable concept has been often condemned as a no-growth environmental conspiracy. In the early years, people told me that sustainability was a slogan destined for oblivion.As Brig. Gen. Anthony